Balsam fir tree branch tips sit in Suzette Grant's basement in Columbia Falls, Maine on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Wreath making is both big business and a cottage industry in northern Maine, allowing residents to earn extra income during the winter months. Grant says that she only buys balsam fir tree tips, the raw material for making wreaths, from harvesters who have permits permission for "tipping", saying she would not want people trespassing on her property to harvest her trees without permission and would not want to hurt the business of law abiding people working responsibly.